Chapter 12 Chapter 12
In the three years that they had been master and servant, he had never been so close to Gu Xuanyou.
Ling Suye thought that perhaps because he was a person who was difficult to get close to, and Gu Xuanyou had always been very obedient, the two of them had always maintained a delicate balance.
So, what exactly prompted Gu Xuanyou to be so bold as to pick him up like a little girl?
Ling Suye listened to the noisy crowd outside and subconsciously turned his head away: "Put me down."
The tone was cold, but... the voice was weak.
There is no dignity of a master at all.
Gu Xuanyou paused, but continued walking forward the next moment, as if he didn't hear Ling Suye's words.
"Put me down, the work is not done yet." Every word Ling Suye said seemed to come out of his throat.
Gu Xuanyou paused for a moment and asked, "Master, do you still want to enter the demon realm?"
Without waiting for Ling Suye to nod, he turned around so that Ling Suye was facing the demon realm.
In an instant, the surging and raging demonic energy rushed towards Ling Su ZYye's face. Even though he could not see anything, Ling Suye could feel that the demonic energy in front of him was like a huge whirlpool that could crush anyone in it to pieces.
Ling Suye's expression suddenly became serious, the demon realm had advanced again.
He mentioned before that this demon realm was different from the previous resistance to killing, but it was the kind that required breaking the obsession of the demon realm's lord.
Therefore, the first stage of the demon realm is to reveal the master's obsession. At this time, there is generally no danger in the demon realm, and the demon catcher needs to find clues from it in order to deal with various situations later.
This kind of demon domain is very rare. Even for the Ling family in Mobei, there are only ten recorded cases of this kind of demon domain.
At sixteen, while taking the Du'e Division's assessment, Ling Suye had the good fortune to enter a demonic realm of obsession. It was his first time in such a realm, and being accustomed to the violence of battles, Ling Suye found it rather unfamiliar, leading to several missteps. Fortunately, his cultivation was high at the time, and he had obtained a crucial clue, which ultimately allowed him to break free.
Every failure makes one wiser. After coming out of that demon realm, Ling Suye devoted himself to studying the demon realm of obsession.
Unexpectedly, I ran into him again.
The second stage of this demon realm is when all the corpses turn into gurgling pools of blood.
There was only a short time, a stick of incense, to obtain the key clue.
That was when Ling Suye knocked out the yamen runner, changed his clothes, and went to report to the prefect.
At that time, he confirmed that among the ten bodies, one was not a member of the escort agency, but the murderer himself!
And he used the portrait to convince the prefect!
This is the key to breaking the deadlock.
——If Ling Suye had not drawn the portrait within the short time of one stick of incense, he would not have been able to convince the governor, and the demon realm would have directly entered the final stage and started a massacre.
By then, all the Mr. Shi who are deeply involved in it will not be able to escape.
It was because the prefect believed Ling Suye's words that he was able to enter the tomb and obtain the ribs.
But the tomb was still full of dangers. If Gu Xuanyou had not arrived in time, Ling Suye would have almost been unable to get out.
Thinking of this, Ling Suye's tone softened a lot: "How did you get in?"
Gu Xuanyou carried him forward and explained earnestly, "About half an hour ago, the entire City God Temple was filled with demonic energy, which then condensed into a pitch-black demonic realm. Everyone noticed something was amiss."
After a pause, he continued, "The Mr. Shi who made it into the top sixty were either nurtured by aristocratic families or personally cultivated by some business owners. They would never want their cash cow to be broken. Let's petition the governor together, hoping to find a demon catcher to enter the demon domain and rescue the Mr. Shi."
Ling Suye blinked his eyelids to show that he was listening.
"But where could a demon catcher be found in this desolate wilderness? The prefect was kind-hearted. Upon seeing this, he immediately ordered his officers to search for the man. That's when I sneaked in."
After listening to Gu Xuanyou's account of the whole story, all the events formed a complete chain in Ling Suye's mind.
About half an hour ago, he had obtained all the bones and was searching for a way out of the tomb.
And since the demonic energy outside is prevailing at this moment, Ling Suye thought, it proves that the bones in his arms are really the key to breaking the deadlock!
Thinking of this, before Ling Suye could speak, Gu Xuanyou had already carried him out of the gate of the City God Temple.
The torches outside were connected together, and the bright light illuminated Gu Xuanyou's face, as well as Ling Suye, who was almost covered in blood in his arms.
Someone recognized them immediately.
"It's Ling Wuming! The Ling Wuming who got first place!" someone shouted.
"Oh my God, how did he become like this?"
Some people even rushed towards Ling Suye: "Mr. Wuming, Mr. Wuming, have you seen my young master in there? My young master is not tall and his voice is not loud..."
These physical characteristics make it difficult for a person with normal vision to distinguish a person, let alone a blind person.
What's worse is that as soon as this person opened his mouth, the others seemed to have found a lifeline and all came over to ask Ling Suye if he had seen their Mr. Shi.
Ling Suye tried hard to swallow the blood that was still flowing out of his mouth. The blood flowed through his throat, making his voice clearer.
"Your Excellency, I have discovered ten ribs from it, which may help us identify the true culprit of the City God Temple tragedy thirty years ago!"
His voice was not very loud, but it penetrated the layers of evil spirit and reached the ears of the prefect clearly.
At the same time, the moment he finished speaking, everyone keenly noticed that the surging demonic energy within the City God Temple seemed to have completely stagnated. It was as if a huge, living monster had suddenly been cast under a spell, standing still and unable to move.
The prefect slowly lifted the curtain of the carriage and walked out of the carriage with the help of his attendants.
"The City God Temple Massacre thirty years ago?"
"yes."
The prefect who was full of vigor and vitality in those days is now gray-haired. At this moment, in such a strange and dangerous environment, he did not ask many questions and only said three words.
"Show it up."
Only then did Gu Xuanyou let Ling Suye down. He held the bag of remains in his arms and walked towards the prefect in a direction where no one was leading the way.
All the guards began to retreat to both sides as Ling Suye walked forward. With every step he took, the guards took a step back, as if they were welcoming a lone minister who was ready to die in an audience with the emperor, full of solemnity and majesty.
Ling Suye stood steadily in front of the prefect.
He squatted down and spread the robe in his arms flat on the ground.
"From north to south, there are ten graves, and all the remains have the second rib bone. I used the knotted rope method to record events, and marked the burial pit where the rib owner fell with the knot. Please check it out!"
The nine ribs presented by Ling Suye were of different sizes, but without exception, they were all black.
Even though the prefect and the others were not coroners, they could tell at a glance that this was a sign of poisoning!
Except for the last case, Bai Yingying, the ribs were obviously those of a healthy person.
Everyone couldn't help talking.
"this……"
"What's going on? Why are they all poisoned?"
"What about this last one? Could it be that he didn't drink poison?"
Ling Suye suppressed the growing weakness in his chest and continued, "Sir, please carefully examine the last rib! There's a thick cut in the middle, identical to the knife used by the Yong'an Escort Agency owner thirty years ago. Just to the right is the thin cut from the robbers' knife. This proves this man must be an accomplice of the robbers, hacked to death by the Escort Agency owner. Seeing he couldn't be saved, his accomplices stabbed him several more times, disguising him as an Escort Agency employee."
This case thirty years ago was the first case the prefect had taken over since taking office.
It is also the most difficult case.
Although he was instructed by the "expert" at that time to divert the robbers' troubles eastwards and let Mobei deal with them.
But this incident left an indelible impression on the prefect. Whenever he woke up in the middle of the night, the image of the man who had lost his two children and came to the government office to beat the drum to complain would almost appear before his eyes.
This man was obviously younger than him, but he had aged rapidly since that day. The last time the prefect saw him was ten years ago. He was now very old with gray hair.
Later, the prefect heard by chance that the man had died.
At that time, he felt a great sadness in his heart. Even though he had no close relationship with this man, he knew that once this man died, no one would be able to bring up the tragedy that happened in the City God Temple thirty years ago.
The prefect felt a pang of pain in his heart when he thought of the man who never gave up looking for the truth until his death.
His voice trembled slightly. "What you said does make sense, but I still have a question. Those robbers were so vicious that they could have taken their accomplice's body with them. Why did they leave it behind? After all, it's such an obvious clue."
Ling Suye had already considered this problem.
He answered fluently, "Of course, it's because of outsiders. Thirty years ago, the City God Temple was bustling with incense and worshippers. Early in the morning, a young father and his two children came to pray for blessings. After him, there was a constant stream of civilians. Even if the robbers were highly skilled in martial arts, they couldn't escape with a corpse. After all, it would be too slow to escape. If they had been late, there would have been more people behind them, and they wouldn't have been able to block so many eyes. So, when they heard the sound of incense burning in the front hall, they decided to leave their doomed companions behind and quickly fight their way out."
Every word Ling Suye said was well-reasoned and formed a logical loop with all the clues.
The prefect was stunned for a moment and staggered back.
He obviously agreed with Ling Suye's words, but he also fell into deep regret. He had clearly thought in this direction back then - if he had not been afraid of trouble, if he had not been worried about affecting his career, and listened to the words of the local tyrant, would this injustice not have been buried for thirty years?
But even if we can find out that one of the skeletons is the murderer, how can we find him now that he has become a skeleton?
The most difficult thing in the world is not to redress a false case, but to miss the key evidence when the truth comes out!
Ling Suye took out two more pieces of paper from his arms, which were the ones he presented to the prefect in the demon realm.
"Sir, this is what I found in a grave. I am blind and don't know what is written in it. Please take a look at it."
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